GUARRACINO, olivia delia

[olivia delia guarracino]

Character Name: Olivia Delia Guarracino
Nickname(s): Olive, Olly
Gender: Female
Age: Fifteen
Grade: Freshman
Sexuality: Bisexual
Clique: Geek
Subgroup: Survivor
Weight: 108 lbs
Height: 5 ' 4
Appearence:

Well, the first thing that people usually notice about me is that I am a red-head. I used to like my hair color a few years ago, but right now I am actually sort of ashamed of it, because it gives people one more reason to make fun of me. I have no idea why people make fun of me being a ginger, I mean it is simply a hair color, all people’s hair colors are different, and nobody is exactly like the other. Anyway I like to keep it long, I have been considering dyeing it, but I do not think that I am going to be doing that any time soon. Anyway, I usually like to keep it straight, but since I have found out how to use a curling iron, and other appliances similar to it, I have been trying to use them more often, to look my best, because before I used to look rather dorky, and I got bullied a lot because of it, so I have decided to become a little bit more stylish, and honestly, it has been helpful, now people have to ask somebody about me, or actually talk to me to see that I am a total geek, which means less picking on myself.

I have very pale white skin, and a few freckles here and there. I do not really tan, it is very hard for me to get any tan at all, and I am usually left with a horrible sun burn that keeps you from having a normal life for days. Since this is California, I am forced to apply sun protective cream on my skin all the times I have to spend quite some time in the sun. This is what happens when you have Irish heritage. To be perfectly honest, I actually like the color of my skin, and do not really want to get tanned. I used to have huge quantities of freckles all over my body, and face when I was younger, but as time passed they seem to be going away, and now there is almost none on my face. I have sort of dark blue eyes. I do not mind them much, but I do wish that I could change my eye color from time to time just to add some sort of variety into my boring life.

I am not really that tall, you could say that I am rather average. I also appear rather thin, but I do not really think about my diet and weight that often, I guess I simply have high metabolism. I am not obsessed with my weight, but I really wish not to get any heavier, or thinner than I already am. I like my weight, and body just the way it is. Although I do seem to lack muscle, but I am a girl, I do not really need to focus so much on that, but it would be nice to be able to take care of myself for a change, or who knows, be able to move the piano by myself when I am older, because it seems less likely with every single passing day that I might find somebody. Lately I try to wear clothes I see everybody else wearing, so I could look more like a hot nerd, than a dorky looking nerd, but I do try to stay rather wholesome. You wouldn’t really see me wearing a mini-skirt, I am simply not ready to dress up like that yet.

Personality:

Oh, my personality. Well, I would say that it is rather underdeveloped because of the fact that I had very little human contact during previous grades. Sure, I got teased, and bullied, and stuff like that, but I meant as in normal, non-violent contact with my peers. I usually scare off people with overly geeky remarks, and facts, and statements, but I cannot really help it. I never really think twice about what I would like to say to somebody, but in a way I try to get hold of myself, to stop scaring people too far away with my wit. For some reason they all either feel threatened, or bored by me. What can possibly be so boring about a few algebra equations, I shall never find out. They are so easy; I eat math books for breakfast!

You could say that I am rather nervous most of the time, and I tend to observe all people who are around me at school rather carefully, because honestly, the sight of two or more people heading towards me makes me flinch. I am also very weak, and I cannot really defend myself properly, either by using force, or using words. I am usually quite horrible when it comes to confrontations, except when I am debating a science related subject. I have no idea how to use swears properly, and I could never imagine myself make anybody around me feel bad for say a few mean things to them in return. Unfortunately, most people are not in any way similar to me, and so they really do not have any problem to tell me horrible things that usually cause me to end up with tears, either in the school bathroom, or my bedroom. I just do not take insults very well, and always take them close to heart, even though I know that they may not even be the slightest amount true; they just get to me. I am seriously amazed by the fact that I never really get any suicidal thoughts whatsoever, although there are people who have dealt with far less than I have, and consider to end their lives.

I am rather optimistic, otherwise, how in the world am I still sane? I always hope that things are going to get better someday, and have high hopes for the future when I will be out of the American school system, and would be on an academic scholarship in Yale University, or perhaps better. I am also a kind person, and I cannot imagine hurting anybody, and I always help out people with anything they ever ask, so I am sort of a pushover as well. I simply cannot say no. Also I am afraid if I do say know, I will get beat up, so it is wiser to stay cautious, rather than regret it later on. It is not that I do not like helping people; I do in a way, just not people who do not really deserve it, and those who think highly of themselves.

I am shy, and I do not really have any chemistry with many people that I meet in any way. I never find the right thing to say, and honestly the only time I really feel comfortable is when I am around other big geeks like me, but even then I still find it difficult to socialize with them. Thank goodness we already knew the people that became our guardians after the death of our parents, or it would have been really hard for me to get accustomed to them, but luckily they were family friends. After the tornado, I find myself to be further cut off from the rest of the world, and spending most of my time with my older brother, who is nothing like me, and I am sure there will come a time when he will probably tell me to back off and leave him alone and stop hanging out with him just because I do not have any life myself, but I don’t know when such a time shall come.

History:

I was born a decade and a half ago to Laura and Pietro Guarracino, both of whom have lived in our town with their families for generations, almost ever since the town was established. They were both living the typical American Dream in a neat and well-kept California Bungalow, in nice and safe part of town. Soon after they got married and moved into their house, my mother discovered that she was pregnant with their first child. It was everything that they could ever ask for. They had a perfect house, they were both madly in love, and they were going to have a baby. They had such big hopes and dreams which all came tumbling down after only two months after my mother found out that she was pregnant. They had already bought stuffed animals, and a crib, and were filled with glee, but one night my mother felt agonizing pains in her abdomen, and as they rushed her to the hospital, blood started to drip. She had miscarried. To them, the world nearly lost all meaning, especially to my mother, who had severe depression afterwards, but they kept on pretending to be the perfect couple in public, but their marriage was crumbling down. After two years of trying, they started to believe that perhaps she had become barren after the miscarriage, and so they had decided to carry out IVF, causing them to pay a huge amount of money, but she was pregnant shortly after the procedure was carried out, and after nine months, my brother was born.

Although it had seemed to them that all that was needed in order to get their life straight once again was a child, they were mistaken. My father was practically over the moon about the birth, and spent most of his free time with my brother, while my mother started to suffer from postnatal depression, and became rather isolated from the world, which made things even worse for my parents’ married life. She looked down on him as if I was not even hers, but after a while, she realized that this was not right, and that she was in severe need of psychological help. After a few months, it seemed that everything was back to normal, and became even better than at the start of their married life. They were both a very happy couple again, and did not need to pretend in public anymore. When my brother turned four years of age, my mother was yet again pregnant with another baby, who turned out to be a healthy baby girl with a red patch of hair, and so their lives were filled with much more happiness, and I grew up in a loving family. Of course, we were not perfect, we all had our fair share of flaws but it did not compare to the amount of fun that we always seemed to have. I loved both of my parents very much, and I was always encouraged by them to do whatever I want. As I started to grow up, I discovered my love for science, and things related to it. I was always a straight A student, and was at the top of the class. My hand was always up in the air, and my parents were very proud of me.

Because of my brilliant and immaculate performance at school, I found myself being teased an awful lot, and ignored by my peers. Perhaps being ignored was a bliss in disguise, because later one as we grew up, things got a bit worse. I was being bullied constantly by other girl students in my grade, and was threatened to do other people’s homework for them, and was always taken advantage of, for I am unfortunately a very weak, and emotional person. A complete push-over. Kids can certainly be very cruel. I am still treated that way today, but I have come to be accustomed to the name calling, and the lack of friends and interest from boys my age. Being around the age of eleven and twelve was especially hard for me, because our family was going through financial difficulties at the time, and so I was forced to wear clothes donated by Goodwill, and hand-me-downs from people who were in our church, and so people teased me then even more, because I was different, and I did not have the opportunity to wear the same clothes they did, and keep up with the latest trends that circulated around school. I also suffered from acne at a very early age, and was forced to wear braces, which is perhaps the nightmare of any child around the world. All in all, going through puberty was perhaps the worst stage in my entire life. I came home in tears, and I dreaded the time when it was time for school again, and always found myself alone, and telling my parents that I would be going to the movies with some friends when in reality I went alone. Over the years I won numerous county, and state-wide spellings bees, and was awarded multiple times awards at school for my academic achievements. Psychics has been my favorite subject for quite some years, and I have never really ever done a bad job in any subject at school, except when it came to psychical education, I was horrible. Well, that’s why I got beat up a lot, and got thrown into mud, and changed over 20 pairs of glasses, because they were always snatched away from me, and treated very badly. I have been through many embarrassing and degrading moments through my early years as a teen, and being a red-head never helped much.

It was a rather typical day really when the tornado hit our town, except that we had been suffering from some quite bad weather, but nobody really was expecting anything. It wasn’t like we had never experienced windy conditions with lots of precipitation. My parents were out at the time, and so my brother and I were left alone in the house. When the tornado hit us, my brother and I hid in the cellar, and he fasted both of us safely to the pipes as a precaution, which was a rather good idea because when the tornado arrived, it basically tore off the whole house, leaving the basement intact, and off it flew, and broke into many pieces. After the tornado finished, we climbed out of the cellar, and waited in the front yard, shocked, not really knowing what else to do except wait for our parents to come back home, but they never did. Soon we were taken to our church, which because it was made from stone did not really suffer much damage, and was turned into a shelter for people, and was filled with beds. We waited and waited, and waited, but they still did not come. We soon learnt that they were on the road on the way back, when the tornado arrived, which caused a huge truck transporting oil to crash with their car, causing a huge explosion, killing them both, and leaving us orphans.
Our family’s close childless friends became our guardians, as stated in our parent’s will, and because they had lost their house too, we all decided to accept the help of a nearby city, and moved in, for we had nowhere to go. I don’t think that they will ever replace my parents, but it is very comforting to have people that we already know around taking care of us, and they are both very kind people. Frankly, I have been through a lot throughout my short life, and I am quite surprised that I didn’t just crack. I am still an overachieving bookworm, but the only thing that changed is my appearance. For the better, I think. I no longer have to wear my glasses, and I have gotten rid of my braces, and my acne is virtually all gone. Now, we can afford some descent clothes, and I have finally understood how to style my hair, and put on make-up, so I do not really appear like such a big nerd; now you need to speak to me to actually uncover that, but I still seem to drive away guys, and have difficulty getting friends. My world right now is my brother, and my books.

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Out Of Character:

Hello, this is Tim again.. My first girl character! O: So weird. Anyway I am fifteen, and junior, and i live in jordan, and i have been roleplaying for 3 years or something.. i am only here and Amplify! you can contact me through any of these: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail] although i mostly check my hotmail account

[( tahlia )]

Yayy to you for taking a canon and you've done a lovely job with her. Olivia fits into the geek clique perfectly and I lovehow detailed this was. Just make sure posts are in third person. Other than that, you're ready to start. Have fun!